Tulare gives green flag to race track developer (10:22 a.m.)

TULARE (AP) ó Plans for a NASCAR-style race track in Tulare are one step closer to reality.

TULARE (AP) ó Plans for a NASCAR-style race track in Tulare are one step closer to reality.

Council members voted 3-2 to approve the $400 million, 711-acre project, which includes a banked D-shaped track and drag strip. It survived criticism that it would draw too much emissions-spewing traffic to the farming community.

Fresno developer Bud Long also plans commercial and retail development on his site near the International Agriculture Center along Highway 99.

Itís the third time a developer has attempted to build a NASCAR-style track in the San Joaquin Valley. Others succumbed to environmental regulations and high costs.

The next step for approval is the Tulare County Local Agency Formation Commission.

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